American Power Conversion AP9618, AP9619, AP9617 User Manual
Network
Management Card
AP9617
AP9618
AP9619
Installation and
Quick Start
This manual is available in English on the enclosed CD.
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Contents
How to Avoid Equipment Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Disconnect UPS power
Disconnect chassis power
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How to Recover from a Lost Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Preliminary Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
New standard features
Existing features
AP9618 features
AP9619 features
AP9618U and AP9619U upgrade kits
Integrated Environmental Monitor feature
(AP9618 and AP9619)
Internal analog modem feature (AP9618)
Related documents
Inventory
Receiving and inspection
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Installation in a UPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Overview
Step 1: Turn off all power (Smart-UPS or Matrix-
UPS)
Step 2: Install the Network Management Card
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Expansion/Triple Chassis Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Overview
When to use the AC adapter (AP9505)
Step 1: Disconnect the chassis from all power
Step 2: Install the Network Management Card
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Quick Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overview
TCP/IP configuration methods
APC Management Card Wizard
BOOTP & DHCP configuration
Local access to the control console
Remote access to the control console
Control console
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How to Access a Configured Network Management
Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Overview
Web interface
Telnet
SNMP
FTP
APC Management Card Wizard
Analog modem (AP9618)
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ii Installation and Quick Start
How to Avoid Equipment Damage
Disconnect UPS power
You do not need to turn off a Symmetra® or a Silcon® model
UPS to install the Management Card.
Damage to the UPS or APC Network Management
Card (AP9617 or AP9618) can result if you do not
Caution
remove all AC and DC power from a Smart-UPS
or Matrix-UPS
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, an Expansion Chassis, or a Triple
Expansion Chassis before you install the
Management Card.
Smart-UPS
1. Turn off the
equipment that
connects to the
UPS.
2. Disconnect the
UPS from its AC
input source.
3. Press the OFF
button on the
UPS for
Test
approximately
five seconds to
turn off the DC
(battery) power.
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Disconnect chassis power
Matrix-UPS
1. Turn off the
equipment that
connects to the
UPS.
2. Turn off the
circuit breaker on
the rear panel of
the UPS.
Make sure that any Expansion Chassis or Triple Expansion
Chassis is disconnected from all power: disconnect the chassis
cable from the
UPS and, if the AC-to-DC Adapter (AP9505)
option is used, disconnect the adapter from the chassis.
Installation and Quick Start 1
How to Recover from a Lost Password
You can use a local computer that connects to the Management
Card or other device through the serial port to access the
control console.
1. Select a serial port at the local computer, and disable any
service that uses that port.
2. Connect the serial cable (940-0103) to the selected port
on the computer and to the configuration port at the
battery manager.
3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal
configure the selected port as follows:
– 9600 bps
– 8 data bits
– no parity
–1 stop bit
– no flow control.
4. Press
5. Press the Reset button. The Status LED will flash
6. Press
7. From the Control Console menu, select System, then
8. Select Administrator, and change the User Name and
9. Press
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ENTER, repeatedly if necessary, to display the User
Name prompt. If you are unable to display the User
Name prompt, verify the following:
– The serial port is not in use by another application.
– The terminal settings are correct as specified in step 3.
– The correct cable is being used as specified in step 2.
alternately orange and green. Press the Reset button a
second time immediately while the LED is flashing to
reset the user name and password to their defaults
temporarily.
ENTER as many times as necessary to redisplay the
User Name prompt, then use the default, apc, for the
user name and password. (If you take longer than 30
seconds to log on after the User Name prompt is
redisplayed, you must repeat step 5 and log on again.)
User Manager.
Password settings, both of which are now defined as
apc.
CTRL-C, log off, reconnect any serial cable you
disconnected, and restart any service you disabled.
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Preliminary Information
Features
All Network Management Cards have standard features that do
the following:
• Detect 10/100
• Provide a data log accessible by
• Provide
• Provide support for the
Mbps connection speeds
FTP or a Web browser
UPS scheduling features
APC PowerChute Network
Shutdown utility
• Provide an event log that is accessible by Telnet,
FTP,
SCP, or a Web browser
• Generate system log (Syslog) messages
• Allow using a dynamic host configuration protocol
(DHCP) server to provide the TCP/IP values a Network
Management Card needs for network communication
• Generate e-mail notifications for
• Limit
SNMP traps and e-mail notifications based on the
UPS or system events
severity level of the events
• Allow you to configure multiple Management Cards
simultaneously over the network
• Provide support for
• Provide
UPS-specific application modules based on the
APC Silcon UPS models
Management Card’s hardware platform
• Provide enhanced security
AP9618 features
AP9619 features
The AP9618 Network Management Card EM/MDM includes
the analog modem and Integrated Environmental Monitor
features described on “Integrated Environmental Monitor
feature (AP9618 and AP9619)” on page 4.
The AP9619 Network Management Card EM includes the
Integrated Environmental Monitor features described on
“Integrated Environmental Monitor feature (AP9618 and
AP9619)” on page 4; the AP9619 does not include the analog
modem feature.
Installation and Quick Start 3
Preliminary Information
AP9618U and AP9619U upgrade kits
Integrated Environmental Monitor feature (AP9618 and AP9619)
Internal analog modem feature (AP9618)
You can use an AP9618U kit to convert an AP9617 Network
Management Card EX or an AP9619 Network Management
Card EM into an AP9618 Network Management Card EM/
MDM.
You can use an AP9619U kit to convert an AP9617 Network
Management Card EX into an AP9619 Network Management
Card EM.
The AP9618 and AP9619 Management Cards include an
Integrated Environmental Monitor that provides the following
features:
• A temperature/humidly probe
• Two input contacts
• Two-position output relay
In addition to the Integrated Environmental Monitor, an
AP9618 or AP9619 Management Card can still monitor and
manage an external Environmental Monitoring Unit or
Environmental Monitoring Card.
An AP9618 Network Management Card EM/MDM has an
internal analog modem that provides for the following out-ofband communication:
• Dial-out notifications for APCs Remote Monitoring
Service (RMS)
• Dial-in access to the Management Card’s Console
Interface
Related documents
The APC Network Management Card utility CD contains the
following documentation:
• Network Management Card User’s Guide
(.\doc\usrguide.pdf)
• PowerNet
®
Management Information Base (MIB)
Reference Guide (.\doc\mibguide.pdf)
• Network Management Card Release Notes (.\relnotes.txt)
• Installation instructions in text format (.\install.txt)
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